Can Methadone Lower Viral Loads?

published on December 26, 2018 in HivPlusMag.com

Opioid addiction is an ugly beast. Addicts will go to great lengths in search of the blissful release of dopamine. With access to prescription drugs like fentanyl (which is 100 times more potent than morphine), overdoses are becoming depressingly common. And getting off opioids is no cake walk.

Physically, opioid withdrawal symptoms are among the hardest to endure of all drug classes. There’s the vomiting and diarrhea, whole-body muscle pain, racing heart, tremors, anxiety — all together it can make someone feel like they are going to die…